When one studies Polynesian history and culture, it becomes apparent that
something known as "Talk Story" has always been very important to
Hawaiians, Samoans, Tongans, and other island people. Others around the world
have passed down stories, and made up stories in hopes of assisting "their
people" throughout thousands of years.Are today's Polynesian
families following these ancient traditions? Could others, acquainted with
this culture, have possibly spotted this strange situation as falling into this
category? Stranger things have happened.....

Who cares! My word, let this thing go. It is much to do about nothing. Leave
the kid alone. The media needs to find a new whipping boy. I have a real good
idea. Each week, lets pick one media type, reporter, TV person, etc and
carefully vet their lives, jobs, friends, etc. Should produce great reading
material for these no news day.

I wish the people in the media could learn to say Te'o correctly. It
doesn't rhyme with cow.He said in the ESPN interview that he
wasn't a hundred percent sure she didn't exist until a few days ago.
Maybe he thought she existed, but that he got played by other people pretending
to be her.He said in another interview after he first learned that
something was up, when someone asked him what inspired him, and he said his
girlfriend's death. Even though he now knew that it was some kind of hoax
and that he had been lied to, thinking that the girl existed but wasn't
really dead, he still was correct in saying that the "death" had
inspired him.